INDEX 



Larch, Japanese, 96. 



Larix EuropOKa, 87. 



Lascelles, Hon. G. , on raising oak, 60. 



Lime tree, Beauties of, 266. 



Limestone, Mountain, Soils of, 43. 



Loans, Government, 51. 



Malmud, Laws made by, 5. 

 Manwood on forest law, 7. 

 Maple, Extinct species of, 1. 

 Margins of woods, Treatment of, 218. 



Trees for, 218. 

 "Mark," Saxon, 7. 

 Markets for timber, 148, 162, 196. 

 Marquis of Ailesbury, hereditary forester 



of Savernake, 314. 

 Massie on larch disease, 292. 

 Measuring timber, Methods of, 163. 

 Merton, Statute of, 8. 

 Metamorphic rocks, Soils of, 43. 

 Miller, author of Gardener's Dictionary, 



58. 



Millstone grit, Soils on, 43. 

 M'lntosh on larch disease, 290. 



on heart-rot, 304. 

 Mixed plantations, Evils of, 23. 



Origin of, 20. 



Thinning, 138. 



Monasteries, Dissolution of, 9. 

 Monteath on pruning, 143. 



on thinning, 124. 



Natural regeneration, Advantages of, 



119. 



Obstacles to, 119. 

 of ash, beech, oak, and Scots fir, 



120. 



Principles of, 119. 

 Naval timber, Importance of, in early 



times, 59, 61. 

 Nectria ditissima, 309. 

 Netting against rabbits, Erecting, 113. 

 New Forest, Sowing oak in, 60. 



Oak, Early methods of growing, 59. 



Natural regeneration of, 120. 



Ornamental features of, 234. 



Sessile-flowered, 67. 



Sylvicultural treatment of, 63. 

 Oak-leaf roller moth, Damage done by, 

 274. 



Preventive measures against, 274. 

 Oak timber, Substitutes for, 61. 



Uses of, 61. 

 Ornamental trees in woods, 240. 



Planting, 240. 



Park, Blenheim, 249. 



Eastwell, 249. 



Bridge, 249. 



Knowsley, 249. 



Windsor, 249. 

 Park clumps, 252. 



formed by Brown, 254. 



on hillocks, 256. 



Planting, 256. 



clumps, Thinning, 257. 



Trees adapted for, 256. 



Park clumps, Vvedale Price on, 254. 



Park groves, 257. 



Parks, Characteristic features of, 250. 



Guarding trees in, 261. 



Oldest, 249. 



Origin of, 



Trees adapted for, 251. 

 Parkinson, author of Paridisus, 57. 

 Paston letters, 10. 

 Peat bogs, Remains of forests in, 1. 

 Peninsular War, Influence of, on planting, 



16. 



Picea excelsa, 108. 

 Picea sitchensis, 109. 

 Pine, Corsican, 103. 



Scots, 98. 



Weymouth, 104. 

 Pine beetle, Damage done by, 276. 



Dr. Somerville on, 277. 



Life-history of, 276. 



Preventive measures against, 278. 

 Pine weevil, Altum on, 281. 



Distribution of, 280. 



Life-history of, 281. 



Preventive measures against, 281. 

 Pinus laricio, 103. 

 Pinus strobus, 104. 

 Pinus sylvestris, 98. 

 Plans, Working, 192. 

 Plantations, Mixed, 20. 

 Planting and natural regeneration, 



chapter v. 

 Planting, Furrow, 118. 



Methods of, 116. 



Notch, 117. 



Obstacles to, 116. 



Pit, 117. 



Preparation of ground for, 112. 



Principles of, 116. 



Slit, 117. 



Plants, Size of, adapted for planting, 116. 

 Pontey on pruning, 144. 

 Poplar, black Italian, 82. 



white, 83. 

 Popvlus alba, 83. 

 Populus monolifera, 82. 

 Preliminary fellings, 120. 

 Preparation of ground for planting, 112. 

 Profitable timber trees, chapter iv. 

 Pruning, Abuse of, 146. 



Advantages of, 147. 



Early authors on, 142. 

 Pseudotsuga Douglassi, 105. 



Quercus pedunculata, 59. 

 Quercus sassiliftora, 67. 



Renardine, 271. 



Kent of agricultural land, 39. 



Returns from woods existing, 29. 



Possible, 48. 



Professor Schlich on, 49. 

 Returns, Agricultural, 21. 

 Reyce, author of Breviary of Suffolk, 9. 

 Rides, Wood, 226. 



for shooting purposes, 226. 



Laying out, 226. 



Margins of, 228. 



